Hat-display clip.



No. 7ll,253. Patented Oct. l4, I902.

A. MARTIN.

HAT DISPLAY CLIP. (Application filed Apr. 22, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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ADOLPH MARTIN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

HAT-DISPLAY CLIP.

PECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N o. '71 1,253, dated October 14. 1902- Application filed April 22. 1902. Serial No. 104,122. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADOLPH MARTIN, of Minneapolis, county of I-Iennepin, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Display Clips, of which the following is a specification.

In dressing a window or show-case it has been customary to use the well-known cups to support a hat or cap by engaging the top of the crown on the inside, the entire weight of the hat being supported at the point where the crown bears on the cup. This manner of displaying hats and caps has been found objectionable, owing to the fact that the portion of the crown engaged by the cup is pressed or forced out, particularly when the hat-crown has become soft and damp from exposure in the window, making bulged places which so detract from the appearance of the hat that it is frequently necessary to reblock it before it is salable.

The object of my invention is to provide a display-clip which will support the hat or cap without bulging or pressing out the crown.

A further object is to provide a clip capable of adjustment at any desired angle to its support and one that can be readily put on a standard in place of the ordinary cup.

A further object is to provide a clip of a very simple construction, and hence economical to manufacture.

The invention consists generally in a display-clip having side bars and an intermediate arched portion connecting said bars.

Further, the invention consists in providing points upon said arched portion which engage the sweat-band and prevent slipping of the hat when displayed at an angle.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective of a display-clip embodying my invention supported at an angle .upon an upright standard. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the clip.

In the drawings, 2 represents the upper end of the standard, wherein a stem 3 is adapted to telescope, being locked at any de-- sired height by the thumb-screw 4. Upon the upper end of the stem 3 Iprovide a socket 5 for a ball 6, mounted .on the end of a rod 7, said ball being locked to support the rod at any desired angle by a thumb-screw 8.

The display-clip proper is supported upon the end of the rod 7 and consists of the parallel bars 9, that are connected by an arched portion 10, which is provided with a screw 11 to enter a head 12 on the end of the rod 7..

Upon loosening the screw the clip maybe removed and mounted upon another standard or in place of the usual display-cup. The ends of the bars 9 project beyond the points where the arched portion 10 unites with said bars, and these ends engage the'lower portion of the hat or cap crown and support the same, while the arched portion extends u into the crown, as shown in Fig. 1, though it does not come in contact therewith to bulge or press it out of shape. Upon the arched portion, preferably near the bars 9, I provide points 13, that are adapted to engage the sweat-band of the hat and prevent it from accidentally slipping off the clip when adjusted at an angle. These points do not dig into or mar the sweat-hand, but merely catch the same as the hat is hung on the clip, and while serving to hold the hat securely will nevertheless permit its ready removal. The top of the arched portion is, as shown, a considerable distance from the top of the hatcrown, and it will not be possible in using this clip to have it bear on the inside of the crown and bulge it out, so as to require reblocking or even anyattention whatever after the hats are removed from the display-window or show-case. A hat or cap may be placed upon this clip and exhibited, and except perhaps for a little dusting will be fully as salable at all times as those that are kept in the boxes.

The device is preferably stamped. out of sheet metal in one piece and may be suitably formed at the same time, and when nickelplated will presentaneat ornamental appearance in the window and be considerably less expensive than the devices commonly used for this purpose.

I have illustrated myinvention in use asa support for a soft hat; but it will be understood to be equally applicable for a stiff hat, which is difficult to make assume its normal shape after the crown has been pressed or bulged out by the cup-support bearing on the inside thereof.

I claim as my invention- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a hatdisplay clip composed of a single piece of sheet metal having side bars whereon the weight of the hat is supported, and an arched portion intermediate to and connecting said bars and 1 tion having means for attachment to a standard and intermediate to and connecting said bars and projecting up within without engaging the crown of the hat placed thereon, and points provided on said arched portion and adapted to engage the hat sweat-band, substantially as described.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a hatdisplay clip, composed of a single piece of sheet metal having side bars, an arched portion intermediate to and connecting said bars, the ends of said bars projecting beyond the points Where said arched portion unites therewith, and points provided on said arched portion near said bars and adapted to engage the sweat-band of a hat resting upon said ends.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a hatdisplay clip, comprisin'gaframe having means for attachment to a standard, substantially parallel bars provided at the side of said frame and whereon the hat is supported and points on said frame to engage the sweat-band of a hat and prevent it from slipping when displayed at an angle.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a hatdisplay clip comprising a sheet metal frame having substantially parallel supports for the opposite sides of the brim of a hat, and means for attachment to a standard and points provided on said frame in position to catch the sweat-band of a hat and prevent it from slipping when displayed at an angle.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of April, 1902.

ADOLPH MARTIN.

In presence of RICHARD PAUL, M. C. NOONAN. 

